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Celebrate 50 Years of Charlie And The Chocolate Factory With Roald Dahl!
That's right Roald Dahl fans! The amazing childhood classic Charlie And The Chocolate Factory turns and amazing 50 years old this year!
A bedtime staple since its first publication back in 1964, this story has been a part of almost everyone's childhood and has become hits as films (1971 & 2005), operas and as a hit West End musical!
To celebrate this Whipple-Scrumptious occasion, the wonderful people at Roald Dahl have put together an amazing change for you to share YOUR Wonka memories.
To get involved, simply upload a picture or video of yourself with your favourite copy of Charlie â maybe even the one you read as a child â as well as your name, age and location and they will share their favourites on their amazing new RoaldDahl.com website blog as well as on their social media pages and profiles. Just like some of the celebrity fans...
10 Things You [Probably] Didn't Know About...Transformers
Transformer fans unite! To celebrate the release of our amazing new and exclusive Transformers clothing, we've been searching the interwebs high and low for some amazing nuggets of retro information about the coolest Alien robots around. We just love to keep you clued up huh! :)
For over three decades, our lives have been influenced, impacted, transformed by giant robots from the far away planet Cybertron. For them, it has been millennia of civil war, fights and trouble, but for us, it has been decades (scary!) of watching, playing and loving these iconic Autobots and Decepticons.
However you came to love these guys, sit back and enjoy our perhaps slightly hidden treasures of some of the most iconic retro characters ever!
1. According to Bob Budiansky, the writer for the Marvel Comics series, Hasbro originally thought the name Megatron sounded too villainous. Budiansky pointed out that was the point and Hasbro went along with the suggestion. Thank you Bob. The evil Decepticon could be known as nothing else!
2. Fans of the cartoon Robotech found an odd similarity between the Valkyrie jet-transforming-robot suits and the action figure of Autobot Skyfire. In Japan, they used the same model to produce both toys. In the cartoon, the Decepticon-turned Autobot giant jet didnât look like the alien-killing Robotech vehicles. But when kids received Skyfire the toy, many little heads were scratched.
3. The Transformers began with the 1980s Japanese toy lines Microman and Diaclone.
4. Optimus Prime's original name before he became Autobot leader was Orion Pax in the television series. Orion is the mythological Greek hunter while Pax is Latin for peace. In Latin, Optimus means "best"; "Prime" comes from primus, meaning "first".
New Exclusive Retro Tees Tie Dye For!
Just about as retro nostalgia as they come! That's right folks, Tie-dye had a major moment from the late '60s to early '70s, then a second coming in the '90s, and now itâs back!
Before now the very mention of tie dye would conjure up images of 60 festivals and summer camps or a Grateful Dead tour, even then stretching to 90s where it became a challenge to see how many bright colours you could wear at once. Now it seems it's back and perhaps a little more dignified but with much added style.
Always wanting to ride high on the latest trend wave, we just had to get to work and create some of our very own and exclusive designs that are a perfect mix of retro style and bang up to date style icon!
Available in a unisex shape, each have been lovingly dyed by hand with some of the funkiest and brightest colours going to give your style a punch of colour and some added wow factor. Check out our latest Tie Dye T-Shirts designs available for only £14.99...
The Weekly Retro Movie Rundown 84!
By the rivers of Babylon, not another weekend!
As the distinct twang of a hammer hitting a bell repeatedly sounds off to signify the start of art and crafts time. Let us put our nimble fingers to work as we mould out of plasticine for you mega movie magic, we'll glue together toilet roll tubes and breakfast cereal boxes and cover them with cinematic joyousness before we stand back with proud bewilderment and glee at our masterpiece we call celluloid wonder.
Have a happy retro weekend!
SATURDAY 25th JANURAY
The Three Musketeers (1993) More4 11:05am-1:10pm (2 hours 5 minutes)
Retrotastic Back To The Future Behind The Scenes Piccys
Ever watched some of you favourite classic 80s films and wondered....how did they do that? I wonder what they're like in real life? Or perhaps....was that really as fun as it looks?! We'll to both indulge your inquisitive sweet tooth and celebrate the release of our amazing and super exclusive Back To The Future T-Shirts featuring our cool Enchantment Under The Sea print, we thought we would show you some sneaky behind the scenes piccys of this cult movies series.
Sit back and enjoy a little look into one of our all-time favourite films and breathe in this lungful of 80s awesome! :)
Some amazing piccys there huh! Hope you've enjoyed them but even more than that we hope you like our fab new BTTF T-Shirts that we've been working hard to bring you way. Take a peep bwloe at our latest designs to hit the store :)
Exclusive New Sesame Street Elmo T-Shirts Now In!
Another exclusive for you lucky peeps!
Like all the cool people who roam the earth these days, we were raised on the street, Sesame Street that is!
As huuuge fans of this hit kids show that has become a true icon since it's distant beginnings back in 1969 (no... really!), we always on the hunt for more amazing ways to show our love while rocking some cool retro style. To feed this retro fashion hunger, we've been hard at work creating some amazing new Elmo T-Shirts that are sure to become a simple classic.
A real fan must-have, this simple new design features furry friend Elmo looking his happy self resting in your very own puppet pocket.
Show your love for one of the coolest retro characters ever from just £19.99 and only at TruffleShuffle.